The MMB is the main forum in Germany covering all aspects of performance evaluation of systems including
networks, computer architectures, distributed systems, software, workflow and logistics systems. After its
inception in 1981, we celebrate the 25th anniversary of this conference series. The MMB 2006 will start with
a half day of tutorials from scientific and industrial experts and is accompanied by two workshops in parallel
tracks allowing for an exchange of ideas between different but related research communities.
The two associated workshops are:
Model-Based Testing is connected with performance evaluation by the use of similar models and by the
similarity between quality-of-service testing and performance measurements. Non-Functional Properties of
Embedded Systems refer to performance, dependability, security, and real-time as well as energy efficiency
and costs of such systems which are increasingly heterogeneous and networked.
Topics of the MMB include:
- Quantitative Evaluation of Systems including Performance, Dependability, Security, Survivability, Real-Time, Economic and Related Aspects
- Measurements and Benchmarking including Hardware/Software/Hybrid and Active/Passive Monitoring
- Modeling Paradigms including Queueing Systems, Stochastic Petri Nets, Stochastic Process Algebras, Simulation Languages, and Stochastic Extensions of the UML
- Analysis Techniques including Markov Chains, Non-Markovian Models, Fluid Models, etc.
- Simulation Techniques including Rare Events, Variance Reduction, Parallel and Distributed Simulation
- Combination of Stochastic Modelling and Formal Methods
- Computer and Software Architectures
- Workflow and Logistic Systems, Traffic and Transportation Systems
- Traffic Engineering, Network Planning and Optimization
- Access and Backbone Networks, Optical Networks, High-Speed Switching, Mobile and Wireless Networks, Web-Based Systems, Multimedia Systems
- Network Economics, Accounting, Tariffing
- Peer-to-Peer Networks, Networked Embedded Systems, Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing, Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems, and Sensor Networks
- Tools supporting all Techniques, Case Studies in all Application Fields
Conference Chair
- Reinhard German (U Erlangen-Nürnberg)
Local Organization
- Winfried Dulz
- Armin Heindl
- Kai-Steffen J. Hielscher
- Kemal Köker
Tools Chair
Program Committee
- Gunter Bolch (U Erlangen-Nürnberg)
- Lothar Breuer (U Trier)
- Peter Buchholz (U Dortmund)
- Joachim Charzinski (Siemens AG München)
- Hans Daduna (U Hamburg)
- Hermann de Meer (U Passau)
- Anja Feldmann (TU München)
- Kurt Geihs (U Kassel)
- Reinhard German (U Erlangen-Nürnberg)
- Carmelita Görg (U Bremen)
- Franz Hartleb (T-Systems, Darmstadt)
- Gerhard Haßlinger (T-Systems, Darmstadt)
- Boudewijn Haverkort (U Twente)
- Armin Heindl (U Erlangen-Nürnberg)
- Holger Hermanns (U Saarbrücken)
- Holger Karl (U Paderborn)
- Joost-Pieter Katoen (RWTH Aachen)
- Peter Kemper (U Dortmund)
- Ulrich Killat (TU Hamburg-Harburg)
- Udo Krieger (U Bamberg)
- Paul J. Kühn (U Stuttgart)
- Axel Lehmann (U BW München)
- Ralf Lehnert (TU Dresden)
- Christoph Lindemann (U Dortmund)
- Michael Menth (U Würzburg)
- Andreas Mitschele-Thiel (TU Ilmenau)
- Bruno Müller-Clostermann (U Duisburg-Essen)
- Jörg Oehlerich (Siemens AG München)
- Martin Paterok (Deutsche Bahn)
- Oliver Rose (TU Dresden)
- Andreas Schmietendorf (Hochschule Harz)
- Markus Siegle (U BW München)
- Helena Szczerbicka (U Hannover)
- Matthias Unbehaun (BMW AG)
- Bernd Wolfinger (U Hamburg)
- Adam Wolisz (TU Berlin)
- Katinka Wolter (HU Berlin)
Submission
Contributions reporting on research results on topics of the MMB and the associated workshops are solicited.
Articles and presentations in English are preferred.
- MMB full conference papers:
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Submitted papers should not exceed 20 double-spaced pages. Please
follow the instructions for electronic submission given on the conference homepage. Papers must be
unpublished and must not be submitted for publication elsewhere. All papers will be thoroughly reviewed by
at least three referees on the basis of their originality and their scientific and practical contribution to the
state-of-the-art. Accepted papers appear in the conference proceedings; a best paper award will be
provided.
- Doctoral Colloquium:
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PhD students are invited to present their work-in-progress and preliminary results to
stimulate discussions about it. Thesis position papers (10 double-spaced pages) must contain unpublished
material and must have a single author without PhD. Accepted submissions will be presented during the
colloquium and will be published in the conference proceedings. Grants are available on demand to cover
travelling costs partially.
- Workshop papers:
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Please follow the instructions in the calls for papers of the workshops. Workshop
papers will appear in technical reports.
- Tool descriptions:
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Special sessions will be arranged to present and demonstrate tools relevant to any
topic covered by the MMB and the workshops. Please send a tool description (up to four pages) to the tools
chair. Accepted tool descriptions will be limited to two pages and will appear in the proceedings.
- Tutorial proposals:
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Tutorials in the morning of March 27 preceding the conference will be organized.
Please send tutorial proposals to the conference chair.
Important Dates
- MMB Paper submission: October 15, 2005 (deadline extended)
- Tools & tutorial submission: November 15, 2005
- Workshop submissions: December 15, 2005
- Author notification: December 15, 2005
- Final version: January 15, 2006
Call for Papers as a PDF file
